Overview
- A court in Lima imposed 11 years, 5 months and 15 days in prison after convicting the 2021–2022 president of conspiracy to rebellion.
- Judges found he tried in 2022 to dissolve Congress, install an emergency government and rule by decree to head off a confidence vote.
- Prosecutors had sought a 34-year sentence, far longer than the term imposed.
- His removal and arrest set off months of unrest, with Human Rights Watch estimating nearly 50 people were killed in the crackdown.
- Days earlier, another Lima court gave ex-president Martín Vizcarra 14 years for taking bribes as Moquegua governor in 2014, along with a nine-year ban from public office.